Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver is recalling the spectre of the aborted Mackenzie Valley pipeline to warn that resource projects have a limited shelf life, as the federal government seeks consensus on major energy projects

The federal government ran ads Monday in Washington D.C. newspapers, along with the launch of a new government website, trumpeting Canada as a reliable energy supplier to the United States and “world environmental leader” on oil and gas development

A White House spokesman said on Friday that new investments in green energy technology are more important for easing the effects of climate change than whether or not the controversial Keystone pipeline gets built

Claudia Cattaneo: With Barack Obama warning that if Congress fails to come up with a market-based mechanism such as cap-and-trade or a carbon tax he will impose one, discussion is ramping up about what approaches may be on the horizon

Terence Corcoran: As the hypothetical climate crisis continues to run up against today’s real economic one, we are clearly going to be hearing a lot more about the benefits of carbon taxes. We should resist

Ten cabinet ministers fanning out across the country from St. John’s to Surrey, B.C., selling basically the same theme — thatOttawa’s re-branded resource development plan will create jobs and prosperity without devastating the environment.